Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
Elliott, Thanks for the answer. I'm always thinking of upgrading this beast, or doing something with it, but in the end laziness (and perhaps common sense) wins. It used to serve as an iTunes jukebox in my bedroom (with the help of a USB wireless thingie), but it has been long replaced by a Pismo and now an iBook. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
I had a 350mhz that I upgraded to a 600mhz and the only problem I had was the power light was always amber lol... everything should work just fine though :) On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@gmail.comwrote: There were 350 MHz slot loaders without firewire. I worked in a school lab with 20 of them. They are kind of a fringe model, possibly an education only model. Exactly. I got mine from a Gradeschool that was upgrading. it's pretty nice, and I like the color. and I don't mind the fact that it's now an iMac DV with a blueberry color (I prefer it over the ones you can really see into) -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comimaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
I always make a point not to piggyback into threads, but this time I think it'll be the easiest thing for everyone. I have a 333Mhz trayloader. Is it possible to upgrade it with a slotloader logic board? TIA, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
No... It is impossible. *Maybe* with a LOT of hacking, soldering, dremmeling, ETC; The slot-loader motherboards wouldn't even fit (physically) inside the trayloader. Apple radically re-designed the slot-load iMac, and it has different connectors, a different number of connectors, (Much less) and probably different voltage requirements from the PSU. Which is in a different place... You can, however, upgrade the processor in the trayloader; and I believe you can even get G4 upgrades for it. Might be worth looking into if you want to upgrade. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Ashgrove wrote: I always make a point not to piggyback into threads, but this time I think it'll be the easiest thing for everyone. I have a 333Mhz trayloader. Is it possible to upgrade it with a slotloader logic board? TIA, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
If it doesn't have firewire you must mean the tray loader. The boards are shaped differently between the two, so I would just reccomend finding a cheap g3 firewire capable model with a dead board and hook it up in that. I upgraded my Indigo iMac G3 (500mhz) with a 600mhz board out of a graphite with a smashed case, with a gig of ram this thing flies Jeremiah Stevens From: Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@gmail.com To: imaclist imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 10:51:01 AM Subject: Replacing the logic board in a G3? My school almost threw out a good logic board for a G3 iMac (400mhz with firewire) and I'm curious if it'll work to upgrade my 350mhz FireWire-less iMac slotload. What i'm wondering is: 1: How easy is it to replace it? 2: should I be worried about heat issues? 3: what kind of damage could this board do to my good imac base if it's gone bad since it was last used (The CRT went out on the donor system, and the board was removed, and placed in storage for parts, but was almost thrown out during spring cleaning.)? Thanks -Christian -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack. It's a DVD DEcoder, not encoder -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
Yes... That... Same difference. :) But it does have the capability to playback DVD's, which the 350, no-firewire ones lack. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:00 AM, ./aal wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack. It's a DVD DEcoder, not encoder -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes... That... Same difference. :) But it does have the capability to playback DVD's, which the 350, no-firewire ones lack. Except mine played back DVD's just fine. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:00 AM, ./aal wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack. It's a DVD DEcoder, not encoder -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
Oh, well perhaps I was mistaken. When we swapped boards on my brother's, we thought that the 350 one wouldn't play DVD's... But that was a long time ago, and we could've been mistaken. I know that between the Lombards, the low end ones don't have the decoder, and the nicer ones do. Maybe that's what I was thinking of. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes... That... Same difference. :) But it does have the capability to playback DVD's, which the 350, no-firewire ones lack. Except mine played back DVD's just fine. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:00 AM, ./aal wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack. It's a DVD DEcoder, not encoder -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
On 3/18/10 7:13 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Jeremiah Stevens jeremiah.stev...@prodigy.net wrote: If it doesn't have firewire you must mean the tray loader. The boards are shaped differently between the two, so I would just reccomend finding a cheap g3 firewire capable model with a dead board and hook it up in that. I upgraded my Indigo iMac G3 (500mhz) with a 600mhz board out of a graphite with a smashed case, with a gig of ram this thing flies Jeremiah Stevens Actually, the 350mhz Budget one doesn't have FireWire. I upgraded it just fine, blazes through stuff now =) There were 350 MHz slot loaders without firewire. I worked in a school lab with 20 of them. They are kind of a fringe model, possibly an education only model. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack. 1. Quite easy. Just open it up, and take out the logic board. It's pretty self-apperent. 2. Nope. The heat put off by 400Mhz vs. 350Mhz is... still not much. 3. Probably not much... If the logic board is bad, it probably just won't boot. I don't see how it could damage other components... It's perhaps conceivable, but not probable. I wish I could find where my school discards old Mac stuff. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: My school almost threw out a good logic board for a G3 iMac (400mhz with firewire) and I'm curious if it'll work to upgrade my 350mhz FireWire-less iMac slotload. What i'm wondering is: 1: How easy is it to replace it? 2: should I be worried about heat issues? 3: what kind of damage could this board do to my good imac base if it's gone bad since it was last used (The CRT went out on the donor system, and the board was removed, and placed in storage for parts, but was almost thrown out during spring cleaning.)? Thanks -Christian -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
